> Windows and MacOS don't make people do that They don't make people compile their own drivers because their respective corporations spend some good money to p

> Windows and MacOS don't make people do that They don't make people compile their own drivers because their respective corporations spend some good money to pay their developers to work on company provided hardware, or harware manufacturers to make their drivers first, and sometimes only their drivers. Linux developers otoh are often forced to reverse engineer closed source drivers on hardware they purchased themselves, so Linux support usually comes later. The upside is that nearly all Linux drivers are FOSS, which makes a huge difference as there's no such thing as planned obsolescence among FOSS. Never seen a perfectly good peripheral being supported by Windows until version x, so that you install Windows 10 and that card that worked fantastic under Windows 7 or 8 isn't supported anymore? No drivers, no party. Sometimes the price to pay for running an OS that doesn't allow you compile your drivers is the purchase of new hardware along with system upgrades; that represents one of the hidden costs of closed source software that should be stressed more often. Edit: ...and btw, it's like 15 years I don't have to compile my kernels anymore. A couple things or so have changed since 1997.